A New Orleans judge issues a temporary restraining order barring the enforcement of the state’s trigger law banning abortion. In the meantime Hope Medical Group for Women in Shreveport says they will resume service tomorrow. Loyola University law professor Dan Ciolino says the restraining only adds uncertainty about abortions in Louisiana…:

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Police in Natchitoches are investigating a weekend shooting at a gas station that left two dead and one injured. NPD spokesman Cpl. John Greely says two men with a beef opened fire on one-another, with some friends also drawing their guns. Several got away, but they have security video of the incident, and the investigation is active…:

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The National Hurricane Center is tracking three systems that COULD become tropical cyclones. More from Jeff Palermo…:

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Authorities in DeSoto Parish give the “all clear”, after evacuating an area of the town of Catuna this morning when a gas pipeline exploded. The fire is under control, and so far no injuries reported.

A sign of the times and the sign reads “closed.” The well-known New Orleans French Quarter Kako Art Gallery is closing it doors forever; citing the city’s burgeoning crime problem. Kako will close one month from today.